How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the On Premise MTA One fun thing about being a founder is that you get to be a chef, chief cook, and bottle washer, and on top of that, you have to handle the social media and SEO. In my latest work on helping people discover KumoMTA, [ ] The post The Customer is Always Right, Even When They Call it an On-Premise MTA appeared first on Mike Hillyer s Personal…
We just don t want to get into another relationship like that again. That s something I ve heard a lot over the last couple of years when talking to on-prem email senders, and it s changed my life, read on to learn why. I ve been working in on-prem email infrastructure since 2006 when I was the first Sales [ ] The post We Built an Open-Source High-Performance MTA appeared first on Mike Hillyer s…
One of the easiest ways to kill a product is inside-out thinking in the Product org. Take a quick read of this and come back, I ll wait: Imagine putting years of research and development into a product for it to end up being completely stupid . How does it happen? While some of the issues in [ ] The post Product Managers need to Think from the Outside-In appeared first on Mike Hillyer s Personal…
Getting Into Home Automation and Home Assistant During the recent pandemic, it seemed like everyone was picking up a new hobby, and I was no exception. While I d made some progress toward converting my home into a smart home by using a collection of smart devices, I didn t have any real cohesion between the different [ ] The post Getting Started with Home Assistant and Node-RED appeared first on…
My First VR Experience I didn t just jump straight to opening a VR Experience center in Atlanta, as with most stories there s an origin that starts when I was younger. I was in my early teens when I got my first taste of virtual reality thanks to a trip to the Calgary Stampede. My family [ ] The post I Opened an Atlanta VR Experience Center appeared first on Mike Hillyer s Personal Webspace .
Growing up I developed an interest early on in Japanese culture, thanks to my regular watching of Robotech as a child. I was fortunate to attend a high school that had a Japanese language program as one of its available courses and took three years of classes for a great teacher who immigrated from Japan and [ ] The post The Joys of Yakiniku appeared first on Mike Hillyer s Personal Webspace .
I recently re-watched The Princess and the Frog and realized it could be interpreted on yet another level, as an allegory for how to be more successful as a Sales Engineer. For those who haven t seen the film (and I recommend you do), you can catch up on the plot at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_princess_and_the_frog. The film has a [ ] The post Dig a Little Deeper! appeared first on Mike…
There s not many memes that I jump on the bandwagon for, but I ve seen enough people having fun with this that I have to join in. When my demo hits a snag When my Sales Exec calls to say the deal is closed When my Sales Exec says he wants to move forward after I [ ] The post Pictures from Life as a Sales Engineer appeared first on Mike Hillyer s Personal Webspace .
There s a great article over at Hubspot that talks about 16 Things People Really Hate About Your Email Marketing and it s a good read. I especially liked: The content of your email whether the copy itself or the offer you re promoting should be something the email recipient actually wants to receive. And you [ ] The post Why Your Email Marketing Sucks appeared first on Mike Hillyer s Personal…
Another great video of Ed Catmull speaking at the 2012 General Commencement of the University of Utah: http://webapps5.utah.edu/digvid/?id=2012-05-04~88 Jump to 98:25 for the commencement address. What follows are my notes as I watch the video myself. I love the importance he ascribes to creativity, even in industries that are not typically considered creative. He also [ ] The post More Wisdom…